History Main / ThemeNaming

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[[folder:Science and Technology]]
* The ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' are all named after skin afflictions -- Rash, Pimple, and Zitz.
* Arakune's moves from ''Franchise/{{Blazblue}}'' are named after mathematical terms, such as If P Then Q, Y Two-Dash, Permutation N R, A±B, Equals 0 (which makes you invisible) and Zero Vector. His super moves are N Factorial, F Inverse, F Of G and F Equals, and his Astral Finish is named N To Infinity.
* When history was altered so Creator/MarvelComics' third Captain Marvel, Genis-Vell, suddenly had a sister, she turned out to be named Phyla, riffing off the taxonomical classifications "genus" and "phylum".
* While the main characters of ''Anime/DayBreakIllusion'' have {{meaningful name}}s referring to their associated tarot card, the {{talking animal}}s, Laplace and Schrodinger, are named for thought experiments in physics on the nature of causality. In case you haven't guessed, the show has a destiny theme.
* ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'': Overlapping with SdrawkcabName in many cases, the Heliorites from U19 are named after different brands of electrical appliances: Eleim (Miele), Xeniloum (Moulinex), Tidar (Radit), Naurb (Braun), Phipsil (Philips), Magsuns (Samsung), Loopwhirl (Whirlpool) and Nedwook (Kenwood).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Edebits}}'': Four members of the Edebits, Com, Net, Org and Gov, are named after major top-level domains. The only member not named after one is Arts, although there is an "art" domain name.
* The Sisters of Perpetual Gestation (a quasi-religious order of nuns whose stated goal is [[BreedingCult to give birth to as many healthy children as possible]]) of ''Literature/EarlyRiser'' all take on pseudo-latin monastic names relating to fertility, genitalia, and parturition. Mother Fallopia runs the orphanage where protagonist Charlie was raised, and is assisted in her duties by Sister Contractia, Sister Fertizilia, Sister Placentia, Sister Zygotia, and Sister Umbilica. Over in Sector fifty-one there's Sister Vulvolia.
* The ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' expansion pack "Old World Blues" includes a collective of Mad Scientists called the "Think Tank." All are [[BrainInAJar disembodied brains]] floating around in robotic life support units. Their names are "Dr. Klein," "Dr. Dala," "Dr. 8," "Dr. 0," "Dr. Borous" and "Dr. Mobius," who is estranged. All of their names refer to the same thing: Endless, recursive loops. [[spoiler: Which turns out to be a big clue to the nature of their characters.]]
* The Doozers in ''Series/FraggleRock'' are all named after tools, machine parts or gadgets; Flange Doozer, Cotterpin Doozer, Old Man Pipe Wrench, Modem Doozer, etc.
* ''WebAnimation/GirlChanInParadise'' has main character Kenstar and his DistaffCounterpart Maytag, named after brands of washing machines.
* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': Antimony is named for the element, and both parts of her mum's maiden name refer to it -- "Surma" is (close to) Russian for "antimony", and "Stibnite" is antimony sulfide.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Lanota}}'', [[TheSmartGirl Fisica]] names her cats Butane and Ether, both chemical names.
* ''Series/LogansRun'': In "Man Out of Time", the members of tribe living in the ruins of the Sanctuary Project facility, a computer archive, all have names relating to computers or their operators. Examples include Analog, Binary and Lab Tech One.
* In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', the places are named after bodily diseases/issues. Cavi Cape (cavity), Plack Beach, Dimble Wood, Bumpsy Plains and a few others are included.
* The ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series uses a computer theme for its main characters (Net/Site or Lan/Hub, Mail, and so on), but contains a nod to the musical theme of the earlier games in the third game -- the master of the Ura Internet and penultimate final boss, Serenade. The manga [[LampshadeHanging hung a lampshade]] on this, where in an {{omake}} the author decides to make Blues a girlfriend named Rhythm. Rhythm and Blues!
** In X8, we have Alia[[note]]Aliasing, jaggies, anti-aliasing[[/note]], Layer[[note]]Background layers, rather important in sprite ripping[[/note]] and Pallette[[note]]Palettes, duh[[/note]], all graphics related.[[note]][[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle And now you know.]][[/note]]
* Each of the dungeons in ''Literature/MyUniqueSkillMakesMeOPEvenAtLevel1'' is named after a chemical element, with Tellurium, Nihonium, Arsenic, Silicon, and Selenium being shown in the anime.
* Rom Di Prisco, in ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' or otherwise, names his songs after various scientific and mathematics terms such as Quantum Singularity, Graviphoton, Subatomic Shifter, Quantum Velocity, Liquid Plasma (which is a bit of a paradox, those are two different states of matter). The other theme in his music are {{Stellar Name}}s.
* In ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'', all of the elves are named after prescription drugs.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonHeartGoldAndSoulSilver'', the Rocket admins (Proton, Petrel, Arianna and Archer) are named after... well, rockets.
* In keeping with the theme naming trope set by the very thing it's parodying, ''Literature/SailorNothing'' uses the noble gasses plus an OddNameOut technique for the Dark Generals (Argon, Neon, Xenon, Radon, and '''Cobalt''').
* The characters central to the "Search for the Mudra/Magic Words" side plot in ''Zelda and the Manacle of Cahla'' are named after temperature scales; Kelvin, Professor Fahrenheit, and Celsea (Celsius) Beaberd.
* All the [[PersonalityPower Ballyhoos]] in ''Webcomic/ScoobAndShag'' are named after terms related to media; even the term "Ballyhoo" itself follows this convention, since it means "sensational advertisement". Each Ballyhoo's name doubles as MeaningfulName since it's related to the power itself; for example, "Channel" allows the user to channel power into an object to enhance its power, while "Freeze Frame" freezes the target in place.
* ''Manga/ShamanKing'':
** The members of the Pache tribe in are all named after elements of the periodic table: Silva (silver), Goldva (gold), Kalim (kalium AKA potassium), Rutherfor (rutherfordium) and so on.
** Among other examples of Theme Naming, we get an example of ''Drug'' Theme Naming, of all things. Specifically, a British shaman named Lyserg Deithel (from lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD) and his Spirit Morphine (whose name is even ''more'' blatant). In the English manga, Morphine's name is changed to "Morphea" (but that's probably just to make it sound more like a name), and in the English anime it's changed to "Chloe", removing the reference entirely.
* ''VideoGame/TaikoNoTatsujin'': The Waru Robots from ''Dodon~! to Nidaime!'' are named after chemical elements: Antimon (antimony), Yttrium, Gallium, Tantal (tantalum), Germa (germanium), Tungsten, Tellu (tellurium), and [[spoiler:Alumi]] ([[spoiler:aluminium]]).
* The four generals in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' are all named for the four chemicals in DNA, while Beastmen in general, as well as Lordgenome, all have a genetic-based name (Viral, for instance).
** The other halves of their names come from the four classical elementals. Thymine + Sylph = Thymilph, Adenine + Undine = Adiane, Guanine + Gnome = Guame, and Cytosine + Salamander = Cytomander. One might question the logic of having Thymilph represented by the Wind elemental (considering that he's a gorilla who's units are all on the ground) and Cytomander by Fire (who looks more like a peacock than a salamander and uses all air-units), but Cytilph and Thymander don't have quite the same ring...
* ''Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles'': The mice are named after mathematical principles (Cevian, Cartesian, Euclidian, Heronian...)
* ''VideoGame/{{Varicella}}'' does one with diseases. The last name of AntiHero Primo Varicella means "chickenpox". His final enemy is Modo Variola, whose last name means "smallpox".
* The ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' series {{Terraform}}er ships use a hexadecimal string (#deca, #fade, #cefa).
* The Tuner monsters of the Vylon archetype in ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' are shaped and named after three-dimensional geometric figures ("Prism", "Cube", "Sphere", "Tetrah[edron]", "Stella [Octangula]"), and the Union monsters are based on four-dimensional figures.
* The Card Professors in ''Manga/YuGiOhR'' are named after Intel project codenames (Mendo Cino from Mendocino[[note]]the 300 [=MHz=] P6 Intel Pentium II Centrino chip[[/note]] and Kirk Dixon from Dixon[[note]]the 333 [=MHz=] 1.6V Intel Pentium II chip[[/note]], for example), which explains why [[AerithAndBob some of them are much more "unique" than others]]. This overlaps somewhat with LocationThemeNaming, as many of those codenames were originally taken from the locations of various Intel plants (Tilla Mook is derived from Tillamook[[note]]the Embedded 266 [=MHz=] Intel Pentium MMX chip[[/note]], Oregon, and Willa Mette is named after the Willamette[[note]]Intel's 1.5 [=GHz=] P7 Pentium IV[[/note]] River from the same state).
* Accidentally averted in ''VideoGame/{{Zelda II|TheAdventureOfLink}}''. You know Error? Yeah, the guy who says "I am Error". That's his name. That's supposed to be his name. You know Bagu? He was supposed to be named Bug... you see where this is going.
* The Sky People from ''Anime/ZoidsGenesis'' are named after transition metals: Fermi from Fermium, Prome from Promethium, Palla from Palladium and so on. [[GeniusBonus Anyone quick to spot this]] may have worked out who else was a Sky Person before [[TheReveal it was revealed]]: [[spoiler:Ron Mangan (Manganese)]].
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* The Sinclairs in ''{{Series/Dinosaurs}}'' are named after the Sinclair oil (fossil fuels) company, which famously uses a ''Brontosaurus'' as its logo and on all its merchandise. Other characters in the show are also named after oil companies, including Earl's friend Roy ''Hess'', boss ''B.P.'' (British Petroleum) Richfield (from Atlantic Richfield, better known as ARCO and now owned by BP) and others.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'': The Gross Sisters are named after brands of skincare products. Nubia after Nivia, Olei after Olay, and Gina after Neutrogina. Ironically, their skin is so ashy it appears blue.
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